With Campus recruitment season round the corner, recruiters believe that the number of student intake will be lesser for 2013.
A survey conducted by Firstnaukri.com with about 125 recruiters indicates there will be a considerable drop in student intake when compared to last year. Firty-six per cent recruiters said that the number of students that they will hire from campus placement will be lesser in 2013.
Firstnaukri.com is a naukri.com portal and is exclusively targeted towards entry level hiring. This survey was conducted with recruiters across sectors to gauge an understanding on the campus hiring outlook for 2013-14 and the key challenges faced by them on-campus.
Recruiters who hire only management graduates said that they will visit lesser campuses and will hire lower number of students in 2013. Recruiters who hire only engineers however had a split in view. About 50 per cent said that there will be a drop in campus hiring numbers and the other half said that they will maintain their hiring levels.
Software sector has the highest intake of students from campus. When we asked recruiters from the IT sector about their campus hiring plans then 53 per cent said that campus hiring will not be affected because of the ongoing slowdown, while 47 per cent said that they will lower their intake in 2013 when compared to last year.
“Amid the economic uncertainty and uncertain outlook, most companies are cautious about their campus hiring and do not want to go overboard. However, as the survey suggests companies will still continue to hire but may lower numbers when compared to earlier years,” said Deepali Singh, Business Head, Firstnaukri.com.
The Firstnaukri.com Campus Hiring Outlook survey is an e-mail survey which is sent out to the registered clients of Firstnaukri.com. The results are compiled using statistical and analytical techniques.